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Below

By oddoneout

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness358
Graphics1223.43
Fun1432.90
Overall1443.14
Theme1913.10
Audio1962.71
Mood1982.80
Innovation4532.14
Community4792.14
Humor5871.25

Comments

beerman 2011-12-19 10:28

Nice job - very atmospheric. Could really do with an invert mouse option though - very frustrating when a puzzle needs quick reactions and I end up moving the wrong way.

falkreon 2011-12-19 17:03

"LD2202.exe has stopped working." on startup.
Reading back on the description I see now that you have some dependencies not included in the download. This is why I hate XNA.

cplmustard 2011-12-19 18:45

hmm, XNA problems for me too, It says "no suitable graphics card found". Im using an intel graphics card on my laptop though, so that might have something to do with it.

oddoneout 2011-12-19 21:50

@Falkreon:
Yeah I hate XNA for that reason too, I used it for this project since it's extremely fast to develop in.

@CplMustard:
I updated the game to Reach profile so that may help. Also if you have multiple graphics cards try starting it using the other one.

spinydelta 2011-12-20 14:55

I was really impressed by this. Great job.

saint11 2011-12-20 20:40

The Atmosphere reminded me of Portal and Cube (that awesome Canadian movie :D) Sadly is very short, this makes you want to play more. Great job!

ziomorti 2011-12-21 13:26

Amazing atmosphere there, great job!

qxd-me 2011-12-21 14:37

Nice, it's like the cube bits of portal just without the portals.

The lack of music and sterility of the visuals also work very much in it's favour and help set the mood appropriately.

Good job!

gregolai 2011-12-30 10:48

Impressive! I like how the instructions are written on the walls. Nice job with the fading in/out when holding R and a nice clean font. Did you write your own physics engine? If so, kudos!!! That's a difficult task to pull off in a weekend. Where's the cake? You should apply to Valve!

oddoneout 2012-01-01 23:12

Glad you all liked it

Gregory:
No way I could write a physics engine in a weekend, so I used an open-source one called BEPU physics. There is no cake but there is a kitten hiding somewhere.

ghostik 2012-01-03 13:42

I love 3D logic based games and this one is really great!

You should keep working on this one ;)

cosr 2012-01-09 12:13

Very simple mechanics, but reasonable little puzzles. It's very complete feeling, though maybe it's a bit too simple in the long run. As is the mechanics fit the length well.

odra 2012-01-09 12:19

Would be much less lonely if there was a sarcastic killing robot talking to you, or a cube with heart decals on it.

ratking 2012-01-09 12:35

Very nice style, sound and pace. It's really a shame you didn't implement a more innovative gameplay. A bit more story would have been cool, too. ;)

murrayl 2012-01-10 01:04

Sadly this didn't run too well on my machine! I would've liked some graphics options.